NJTESOL/NJBE Fall Conference on Using Technology to Build ELL Literacy
by Judie Haynes
Karen Nemeth and I are presenting the opening workshop at the NJTESOL/NJBE Fall Conference. The Conference is on October 22, 2011 at Stockton College in Pomona, N.J.
Karen Nemeth and I are presenting on Making the Most of Professional Development Opportunities Using Technology We are very involved in showing teachers how to find professional development opportunities via social networking. We personally have pages on numerous sites: Educator's PLN, LinkedIn, Colorin Colorado, Facebook, Twitter, ASCD Edge. Here are the resources that we used to put together our workshop.
Resources, blogs related to national educational discussions
Blogs related to specifically to ESL/bilingual
- Larry Ferlazzo’s blog
- Shelley Terrell’s blog
- Judie Haynes’ blog at ASCD Edge
- Colorin Colorado Online Community
- everythingESL.net blog by Judie Haynes
- ELL/DLL in Early Childhood Discussion on LinkedIn
- Educator’s PLN Homepage
- Groups Educator's PLNIn
- Educator’s PLN Discussion
- ASCD Edge
Fan Pages on Facebook
- NJTESOL-NJBE
- TESOL International Association
- everythingESL
- Karen Nemeth at Language Castle
- Education4ELLs
- Education of English Learners
- Office of English Language Acquisition
- Karen Nemeth at Language Castle
Webinars
- Colorin Colorado
- Edweek Webinar Series
- Early Childhood Investigations Webinar with Fran Simon and Karen Nemeth
- Karen Nemeth Custom Webinars
Join Twitter by going to Twitter.com and opening an account. You can participate in #ELLCHAT every Monday night at 9 PM EST. You can follow the #NJTESOLBEConf hashtag by typing the tag in the search on Twitter.